KINDERHOOK, N.Y. | Martin Van Buren was born in what was once called ... of the new Democratic party was conducted. He also hung portraits in the house of some of his personal friends including ...

In New York's Hudson Valley, in the village of Kinderhook, sits a lovely estate called Lindenwald, once home to Martin Van Buren. And if you don't know who that is, you're in good company!

Information about the nation's first ladies and President Martin Van Buren can be ... next to each other in the Red Room. And Van Buren's beauty in her portrait caught the eye of one 20th century ...

The American republic began in 1789, but it took a while for leaders and voters alike to organize themselves within a national framework, a process that would transform the nature of politics.

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames during his lifetime: “the Little Magician”—he was a smooth politician—and “Old Kinderhook” from the town where he was born. “Old Kinderhook ...

OK, Martin Van Buren was never initialized. But you are far from alone if you know nothing about our eighth president. Advertisement Article continues below this ad In 2014, Time magazine named ...

Whiteley IV M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London, 1851 National Portrait Gallery Martin Van Buren by Mathew B. Brady, c. 1852 National Portrait Gallery George Henry Thomas by Mathew B.

Martin Van Buren entered the White House on the coattails of his illustrious predecessor, Andrew Jackson, making him the second vice president to succeed his immediate forerunner. Challenges: Three ...

With President Joe Biden’s appearance today at a “major Micron event” in Syracuse, the 46th Chief Executive becomes the latest American Head of State to visit the area. He returns to ...

Though President Andrew Jackson gave the period its name, the most talented practitioner of the new art of popular politics was Jackson’s diminutive successor, Martin Van Buren. According to ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn in as a senator in 1821, he told a friend he planned to “build up a party” for himself. It was an odd time to be party-mongering ...